Woooo honey you are preaching to the choir. I am a total basket case my Dr. Just called me in some kolonopin to go with my buspirone that I have been for yrs and he restarted my lexapro I am jittery crying randomly snappy with hubby and the kids checking my breathing its insane

What types of routines have you tried? Have you designated a wake up time, and are you balancing physical, mental and leisure activities? Keep playing around until you find a routine that works for you. It is a bit more difficult to do with being confined to your home, but physical exercise can provide a lot of relief.

It is really getting to me too. I have been trying to find things I can control. I am working on my to do list. I am trying to eat healthy and do my exercises everyday. It is a struggle. There were things I was planning on doing for Mar & Apr I had just got a pass for the pool and the gym. Now they are closed. Which really sent me spiralling down. Hubby is recovering from an injury but now his physio and acupuncture appt have all been cancelled and he is in pain and there is no one to help. His surgeons office is completely closed.
So yes it is really hard.
If you would like PM me I have some good resources that I have found that seem to be helping.

I have tried to incorporate jogging into my every other day routine. I have been writing daily to-do lists in the mornings. I used to enjoy going to the gym and to college including voluntary and now all that has stopped on top of a bleak future with what is happening. Jogging helps keep my mental health in check. I was part of slimming world and doing well and that has stopped. My partner is worried about his slow work on top of me breaking down. I was living a content life previously despite depression. I was going through long periods of happiness than down days. Now my life is miserable with the odd 30 minutes of feeling ok. then back to remembering my life feels like it is over.

I am thinking about how I can be around others but realistically with this social distancing thing I am doomed.

Same. I just eat and drink my feelings while stuck in my house, waiting for my lay-off notice to come. That’s why I am here.

I keep telling myself that this is my chance to focus on me. To become better. No outside influences to distract me from my goals.

And then I keep doing the same things, and just sit around feeling sorry for myself.

What I don't like about the coronavirus debacle is that there is a scarcity of food and supplies as such that I have to drive around from shop to shop trying to source supplies as though I am living in a third world war-torn country. I don't mind resting at home as I have online courses to occupy my time, but working at home means that I have to stare at the computer screen 14 hours a day whereas at work, I would get a break every 3-4 hours. I am more tired at home than going to work but I do share your hate for the corona.

Is it bad that this is not bothering me too much, perhaps this perspective can help others. First, I am getting paid and understand the stress if that is not the case. I like to read and watch television and now there's nothing wrong with that. Since there is less work, there's more time to relax.

I am very careful about social distance and washing, but again if you're not this great people person, that is not that hard. I do think there will be some demanding times for the next month (with some restrictions thereafter), but in a few weeks, we should flatten the curve, have sufficient hospital resources, and it will be just a demanding time. I had a vacation that had to be cancelled but candidly, now I can just relax, instead of having to spend a few thousand dollars and juggle work schedules to relax.

I can recognize that there are some possible bad scenarios, but whatever happens, I didn't cause it so its not my fault. Candidly I do screw things up periodically but again this one is not on me.

Bottom line, I'm relaxing, have some more time for reading or a movie, and don't have the pressure to be sociable.

How are others managing?

I have a few days of happier days feeling adjusted and then like today thinking who am I kidding feeling depressed.

I thought my life was over before but now it officially is meaningless.